High tariffs, quantitative restrictions, and controls on foreign exchange - these and other restrictive measures characterize a closed economy and tend to impede its growth. Opening up an economy allows...
The Economic Development Institute (EDI) was established by the World Bank in 1955 to help mobilize the Bank's knowledge and experience for the purpose of strengthening development decisionmaking in its...
An agroindustry is an enterprise that processes materials of plant or animal origin. Agroindustrial projects are unique because of three characteristics of their raw materials: seasonality, perishability...
High tariffs, quantitative restrictions, and controls on foreign exchange - these and other restrictive measures characterize a closed economy and tend to impede its growth. Opening up an economy allows...
A new approach to industrial development is needed in Africa because past policies have not been sustainable. Rapid growth from import substitution in the 1960s has given way to decline and capacity underutilization...
This book presents a practical approach to measuring and estimating educational costs and then using the information to make the best possible use of scarce resources. Although not a panacea for the financial...
This book has shown that the role of the private sector is pervasive in the provision of services in developing countries. The examples given are but a small part of the tip of a very large iceberg. This...
In many developing countries the persistent problem of hunger calls for policies that encompass not only the production of food but also its distribution and its use by consumers. This book brings together...
This book provides a practical introduction to the economic appraisal of transport projects in developing countries. It defines the objectives of economic appraisal and describes the methodology of identifying...
This is the first book to deal exclusively with the management of development banks, their specific problems, and various ways of addressing them. The book comprises eight sections, each dealing with one...
This is the first book to deal exclusively with the management of development banks, their specific problems, and various ways of addressing them. The book comprises eight sections, each dealing with one...
The preparation and analysis of development projects require much computation - of internal rates of return, benefit-cost ratios, net present worth, and rates of growth. For these and many other calculations...
Many economists believe that a major task of development policy is to get prices right. Policy prescriptions frequently emphasize the need for more appropriate pricing systems or a sensible pricing system...
Until recently the use of agricultural credit as a developmental tool seemed clear and straightforward. Most concerned people believed that increases in the volume of cheap credit were necessary to boost...
The first chapter, 'elements of a price system,' explains the components of a price system and relates them to the logic of optimization in a choice problem. Chapter two, 'functions of prices,' distinguishes...